Meaning of 厂长
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- factory director
How to use 厂长
厂长 is the standard title for the person who runs a factory, and people often address them directly as 厂长 or as Surname + 厂长. It follows the same pattern as 校长 (xiàozhǎng) and 市长 (shìzhǎng). Example: 王厂长明天来开会。(Wáng chǎngzhǎng míngtiān lái kāihuì.) Director Wang is coming to the meeting tomorrow.
厂 (chǎng) means factory, and 长 (zhǎng) means the head or leader. Put them together and you get the head of the factory, the factory director.
Common mistake: Learners often read 长 here as cháng (long), but in titles for leaders it is always zhǎng, so say chǎngzhǎng with two third tones. Because the two third tones sit next to each other, the first one shifts toward a rising tone in speech, so it sounds like chángzhǎng.
Stroke order for each character
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厂 chǎng · factory · 2 strokes
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- 2
长 cháng · long · 4 strokes
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- 2
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- 4
Related words
Words that share a character with 厂长.
| 长大 | zhǎngdà | to grow up |
| 队长 | duìzhǎng | captain; team leader |
| 市长 | shìzhǎng | mayor |
| 校长 | xiàozhǎng | (college, university) president; headmaster |
| 家长 | jiāzhǎng | head of a household; family head |
| 院长 | yuànzhǎng | the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4]; chair of a board; university presi |
| 组长 | zǔzhǎng | group leader |
| 班长 | bānzhǎng | class monitor; squad leader |
| 工厂 | gōngchǎng | factory |
| 部长 | bùzhǎng | head of a (government etc) department; section chief |
| 成长 | chéngzhǎng | to mature; to grow |
| 长期 | chángqī | long-term; for a protracted period |
Questions about 厂长
What does 厂长 mean?
厂长 (chǎngzhǎng) means "factory director" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 厂长?
厂长 is made of 2 characters: 厂 (2 strokes), 长 (4 strokes). That is 6 strokes in total.
Is 厂长 an HSK word?
Yes. 厂长 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 厂长 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 厂长 is written 廠長.
Can 厂长 be used for a woman?
Yes. 厂长 is a job title and has no gender, so it works for any director. You can say 李厂长 for a woman named Li who runs the factory.
What is the difference between 厂长 and 经理 (jīnglǐ)?
厂长 is specifically the head of a factory or plant. 经理 is a more general word for a manager in a company or department, and it is common in offices, shops and service businesses.